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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,April 17,2017 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> ROLL CALL <br /> The Orono Planning Commission met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: <br /> Chair John Thiesse, Commissioners Kevin Landgraver, Bruce Lemke, Denise Leskinen, Chad Olson,and <br /> Jon Schwingler. Representing Staff were Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart, Senior <br /> Planner Michael Gaffron, City Planner Melanie Curtis, and Recorder Jackie Young. Mayor Dennis <br /> Walsh was present. <br /> Chair Thiesse called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> NEW BUSINESS <br /> 1. APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF <br /> MARCH 20,2017 <br /> Lemke moved,Landgraver seconded,to approve the minutes of the Orono Planning Commission <br /> meeting of March 20,2017,as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 6,Nays 0. <br /> 2. #16-3883 KEVIN ANDERSON,800 NORTH ARM DRIVE,PRELIMINARY PLAT, <br /> 6:33 P.M.—7:22 P.M. <br /> Kevin Anderson, Applicant, was present. <br /> Gaffron stated this is a preliminary plat application for a 4-acre property proposed to be developed into <br /> three single-family residential lots. All lots would be served by a new private road and would be served <br /> with municipal sewer and individual wells. The property is located on North Arm Drive just east of the <br /> east end of the Lakeview Golf Course. <br /> The property has frontage on North Arm Bay. The west half of the property slopes gradually to the east <br /> with steep slopes at the easterly and northerly shorelines. The area where the north lot boundary nears the <br /> lakeshore is a bluff by definition and the property contains an existing residence at the east end and a <br /> number of outbuildings served by a 750-foot driveway. The property is zoned LR-1B, One Family <br /> Lakeshore Residential District, and is guided in the Orono Community Management Plan for residential <br /> use. <br /> The current proposal incorporates some of the recommendations from the sketch plan review that was <br /> conducted by the Planning Commission in April of 2016. It includes shortening of the private road. The <br /> initial proposal showed the road further to the east. The lot lines have been revised to create lot shapes <br /> that provide more functional and desirable buildable areas based on the existing topography but results in <br /> the need for a lot width variance for proposed Lot 1. Each of the three lots appears to meet the one acre <br /> dry buildable requirement. <br /> Lots 2 and 3 each meet the width requirement as measured at the shoreline and at the 75-foot setback. <br /> Lot 1 only meets the 140-foot standard in the 75-foot setback. The reason for the lot width variance <br /> request is based on the topography and the desired orientation for the house on Lot 2. If the variance is <br /> not allowed, the house on Lot 2 would have its main views overlooking a triangular lakeshore portion of <br /> Lot 1. Lot lines and lot areas could be adjusted to make Lot 1 completely conforming. If the Planning <br /> Page 1 of 48 <br />